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Madagascar's Dry Habitats
Madagascar's dry habitats are found in the southern, western, and extreme northwestern parts of the country and include dry deciduous forest (west and northwest) and spiny forest (southwest).
A sampling of mammal species found in the dry habitats of Madagascar:
| Grey mouse lemur | | Microcebus murinus |
| Verreaux's sifaka | | Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi |
| Lesser hedgehog tenrec | | Echinops telfairi |
| Large-eared tenrec | | Geogale aurita |
| Common brown lemur | | Eulemurfulvus fulvus |
| Red-fronted brown lemur | | Eulemurfulvus rufus |
| Aye-aye | | Daubentonia madagascariensis |
| Fanaloka or striped | | Fossa fossana |
| Falanouc | | Eupleres goudotii |
| Madagascar flying fox | | Pteropus rufus |
| Fat-tailed dwarf lemur | | Cheirogaleus medius |
| Coquerel's dwarf lemur | | Mirza coquereli |
| Pale fork-marked lemur | | Phanerfurdfer pallescens |
| Milne-Edwards sportive lemur | | Lepilemur edwardsi |
| Red-tailed sportive lemur | | Lepilemur ruficaudatus |
| Mongoose lemur | | Eulemur mongoz |
| Perrier's sifaka | | Propithecus diadema perrieri |
| Coquerel's sifaka | | Propithecus verreauxi coquereli |
| Crowned sifaka | | Propithecus verreauxi coronatus |
| Narrow-striped mongoose | | Mungotictis decemlineata |
| Giant jumping rat | | Hypogeomys antimena |
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